March 1, 2021          
Dear Pre-K Parents,
  
     Welcome to Sebastian!   A new child will be joining our class and the children are all very excited to meet you!!

     This week we will celebrating Dr. Seuss' birthday. We will be reading many of his books and do activities associated with them.  We are also going to spend time practicing rhyming words. Our Letter of the week is the letter R. 
    
      This week we are going to continue learning about Lent. Please send in your prayer request for our class prayer jar. We are also going to start to read stories about Jesus' life.
      
FYI - Parent teacher conferences will be on March 11. It is also a half day.
Conferences are optional this time and anyone who wishes to speak with me I will have a sign up sheet later in the week. These conferences will be done virtually like last time.

Don't forget to send back your re-registration forms. The forms need to be returned whether you are staying in HNOM or not but I sincerely hope you decide to stay.

**For all the cleaning I do in the classroom each day I am almost out of paper towels. I would appreciate it if you could please send in 1 or 2 more rolls of paper towels to see us throught to the end of the school year.  Thank you **
THANK YOU TO THOSE WHO HAVE SENT IN THE PAPER TOWELS .  I REALLY APPRECIATE IT.
 
Have a wonderful week. Please stay safe and healthy.



                                                     
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             Please remember to be prompt in the morning. The children are to be brought to school at 8:45 am and picked up in the afternoon at 2:20. We should not be arriving or dismissing with the other Prek class. The times have been staggered to keep the children healthy. Thank you for making the effort to be prompt. ALMOST everyone is coming on time!

I emailed you an invitation for google classroom . Please keep this handy in case they are needed later in the year. For now only the virtual children will be using this. You do not need to send me the children's work as they are in school.

*Remember to fill out the student health check form EVERY SUNDAY . It is located on this class page. Just click on the link. If it is not filled out your child will not be allowed to attend school on Monday . *


Please remember to check this class page every couple of days. Sometimes things change during the week and I will post updates here.

 
VIRTUAL PARENTS-
   Dear Parents, 
        
    Report card time is soon and I need to test your child. Please let me a know a time that is convenient for you. I am available at dismissal 2:30pm  or in the morning between 8 and 8:30. The testing needs to be done this week. 

       For Thursday's lesson  you will need rainbow goldfish crackers and the printables posted for the "One Fish, Two Fish .." lesson.  We will be sorting and graphing them. 

    For the time being since the Prek class will not be playing outdoors I would like you to sign in each day at 1:o5 pm for a lesson. There will be no 2pm storytime for now. The children will get more time in class signing in at this time. I hope to see you all there. 

I will be using "Seeds" Magazine on Monday at 11:15 am


There will be no music class for the next 8 weeks. We have returned to art. Please sign in using the class code - hnomprek1
Art is on Tues and Wed at 10:50 am. 
**Library is now on Thursday at 11:05 am. New code is -hnomprek1**



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         There are new issues of both Seeds and My Big World. Don't forget to keep current with picking up your Seeds and My Big World magazines.  I will be using "Seeds" every  Monday at 11:20. 

**     I noticed that most of you are not attending library. Please come and listen to Mrs. O'Connor read a story to the class.  We changed the sign in code. Please just use the same class code that you always use for class for library . (hnomprek1) Hopefully now more of you will attend. It is Thursdays at 11:05 am.**

      In class the children are practicing writing their first name. Please continue to practice this with your child at home as well. (cutting too!)
 
   

                                                         
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              This week there is a change in specials for your child. For the next 8 weeks we will not be having music but instead will have art. Please take notice of change in times and days.  

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Please make every effort to have your child be at ALL of the scheduled meeting times. These meetings are their school time and the children should try and focus on school.  Many of the children are STILL not attending all 3 meetings. It is important that they be present for all the meetings. Each meeting is part of the curriculum that is required in Pre-K. 

 Please DO NOT  have them EAT during these lessons. Children are still eating and not paying attention during the lesson. The goal is to try and prepare them for kindergarten and they would not be eating if they were in the classroom.

Please do not let your child play with toys during the lessons.

 Please show your child how to use the MUTE BUTTON.
Sometimes it is very noisy and would be helpful if they could mute and  unmute themselves.  If I mute them I cannot unmute them.

Thank You. 


                         Thank you for all your hard work and understanding.
                             
                                                                               Sincerely,
                                                                             Mrs. Onorato 
                                  

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1 scissors -child size                              2 hand sanitizers
6 glue sticks                                            2 paper towels
2 pencils                                                  2 baby wipes
1 box of Crayola crayons-8 count large size       2 boxes of tissues
*1 bottle of elmer's glue
 
Please send in 1 or 2 more rolls of paper towels.
Thank you !

There is so much fun and learning waiting for your child to experience!

This will be a fun and exciting year as your child prepares for Kindergarten. We will be learning about letters, numbers, shapes, colors, seasons, holidays, animals, community helpers, fire safety, nutrition, life cycles of a butterfly and frog, insects, dinosaurs, do STEM activites and so much more!

We will be learning all about Jesus and being kind to each other and how to be a "bucket filler"

"Start children on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it"
Proverb 22:6